Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Phyto Chemical Screening and Anti–Microbial Activity of Musa Paradisiaca–Fruit Peel

Ch. Kethani Devi, Dr. D. Gopala Krishna

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Musa paradisiaca commonly known as banana occurs throughout the tropics and subtropics. It is obtained from dried ripe and unripe fruits of musaparadisiaca belongs to the family musaceae. In India it is found in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, kerala and Tamilnadu. It has been distributed as a medicinal plant and it is very popular throughout Africa and Asia as a remedy for skin diseases, peptic ulcers, diarrhea, gonorrhea, diabetes, headache, irregular menstrual cycle, anemia, blood pressure, depression, constipation, morning sickness. In the present study the dried fruit peel of musa paradisiaca was subjected for successive solvent extraction by using different solvents like chloroform, pet.ether, ethylacetate, methanol and water. The obtained extracts are subjected for Phyto chemical screening and Anti–microbial activity. The study was concluded that the methanol extract shows more significant activity when compared to the other extracts. Here gentamycin is used as a standard.

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Ch. Kethani Devi, Dr. D. Gopala Krishna Phyto Chemical Screening and Anti-Microbial Activity of Musa Paradisiaca-Fruit Peel Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.VII July 2013

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